Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Korea

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Korea

October 30, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of

Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of these

limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards

of of each Customs port or call (202) 927-6707. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended;

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C.

1854); Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

The current limits for certain categories are being adjusted,

variously, for swing, carryover, carryforward, special shift and

carryforward used.

A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories

with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal

Register notice 60 FR 65299, published on December 19, 1995). Also see

60 FR 62408, published on December 6, 1995.

The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken

pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

October 30, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel,

the directive issued to you on November 29, 1995, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, man-made fiber,

silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Korea and exported during the twelve-

month period which began on January 1, 1996 and extends through

December 31, 1996.

Effective on November 6, 1996, you are directed to adjust the

limits for the following categories, as provided for under the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing:

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Adjusted twelve-month limit

Category \1\

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Group I

200-223, 224-V \2\, 224-O \3\, 225-229, 434,152,227 square meters

300-326, 360-363, 369-O \4\, 400-414, 464- equivalent.

469, 600-629, 665-669 and 670-O \5\, as a

group.

Sublevels within Group I

200....................................... 485,270 kilograms.

201....................................... 1,855,673 kilograms.

611....................................... 3,927,043 square meters

619/620................................... 100,266,991 square meters.

624....................................... 8,446,731 square meters.

625/626/627/628/629....................... 16,156,971 square meters.

Group II

237, 239, 330-359, 431-459 and 630-659, as 563,421,928 square memters

a group. equivalent.

Sublevels within Group II

239....................................... 1,048,931 kilograms.

333/334/335............................... 278,750 dozen of which not

more than 142,472 dozen

shall be in Category 335.

336....................................... 46,404 dozen.

338/339................................... 1,239,548 dozen.

340....................................... 704,998 dozen of which not

more than 366,058 dozen

shall be in Category 340-D

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341....................................... 212,694 dozen.

342/642................................... 226,698 dozen.

347/348................................... 549,199 dozen.

350....................................... 17,617 dozen.

351/651................................... 239,807 dozen.

352....................................... 188,340 dozen.

433....................................... 14,581 dozen.

434....................................... 7,408 dozen.

435....................................... 36,913 dozen.

442....................................... 53,038 dozen.

444....................................... 57,118 numbers.

445/446................................... 54,698 dozen.

448....................................... 37,311 dozen.

631....................................... 312,175 dozen pairs.

633/634/635............................... 1,388,488 dozen of which not

more than 157,452 dozen

shall be in Category 633

and not more than 586,774

dozen shall be in Category

635.

636....................................... 295,136 dozen.

638/639................................... 5,405,869 dozen.

640-D \7\................................. 3,035,280 dozen.

641....................................... 1,021,340 dozen of which not

more than 39,575 dozen

shall be in Category 641-Y

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647/648................................... 1,220,465 dozen.

650....................................... 25,309 dozen.

Sublevel in Group III

835....................................... 30,700 dozen.

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\1\ The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports

exported after December 31, 1995.

\2\ Category 224-V: only HTS numbers 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,

5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,

5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020.

\3\ Category 224-O: all HTS numbers except 5801.21.0000, 5801.23.0000,

5801.24.0000, 5801.25.0010, 5801.25.0020, 5801.26.0010, 5801.26.0020,

5801.31.0000, 5801.33.0000, 5801.34.0000, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020,

5801.36.0010 and 5801.36.0020 (Category 224-V).

\4\ Category 369-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.4000, 4202.12.8020,

4202.12.8060, 4202.92.1500, 4202.92.3015 and 4202.92.6090 (Category

369-L) and 5601.21.0090.

\5\ Category 670-O: all HTS numbers except 4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070,

4202.92.3020, 4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category 670-L).

\6\ Category 340-D: only HTS numbers 6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020,

6205.20.2025 and 6205.20.2030.

\7\ Category 640-D: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,

6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030 and 6205.90.4030.

\8\ Category 641-Y: only HTS numbers 6204.23.0050, 6204.29.2030,

6206.40.3010 and 6206.40.3025.

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has

determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C.553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.96-28305 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]

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